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D. LINES 8c 0. T. LONG. STOGK OAR. No. 326,755. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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STOCK GAR. No. 326,755. Pate nted Sept. 22, 1885.

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DWENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT QEETCE.

DANIEL LINES AND CHARLES T. LONG, OF MILANO, TEXAS.

STOCK-CAR.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,755, dated September 22, 1885,

Application filed July 13, 1385. (No model) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL LINEs and CHARLES T. LONG, of Milano, in the county of Milam and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Stock-Gar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved stockcar, which is so constructed that the hay-racks swing up automatically and the troughs can be lowered to be out of the way when not in use and can easily be swung up when the animals are to be watered.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side View of our improved stock-car, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional elevation of the same.

The stockcar A is provided with hay-racks B, which are hinged to the sides of the car at the bottom edges in such a manner that the top edges can be swung toward or from the sides of the car. To the top of each rack a series of chains, 0, is secured, which chains are passed over pulleys D in the upper parts of boxes E, projecting from the outer sides of the car, and to the other ends of said chains weights F are secured, which are adapted to move up and down in the boxes. In each end of each car a water-tank, G,.is located, which can be filled through a pipe, L, projecting from the top of the car. Pipes H extend longitudinally through the car and connect the tanks G, and each tank is provided with a pipe, J, projecting from the end of the car. The pipes J are connected by flexible tubes K. The watertroughs M are mounted to turn on their longitudinal axes in longitudinal openings in the sides of the car, and the pivots N, on which the troughs M turn, are hollow and connect the ends of the troughs, the said hollow pivots being mounted to turn on their longitudinal axes in the uprights of the sides of the car. The tubular pivot-s are at the outer sides of the trough.

The troughs are thus united in four series, two on each side of the car-one at each side of each door. The middle trough of each series of united troughs, M, is connected with arod or bar, 0, projecting upward and through an opening in the top of the car, and the upper ends of the bars 0 are connected with levers P, pivoted on standards Q in the roof, and the free ends of the levers can be locked on the roof by catchesR on the roof of the car. A pipe, S, having a cock or valve, T, leads from the tank G into one trough of a series. A perforated board,U, is placed in each trough, and floats on the water in the trough to prevent splashing. Trap-doors W are provided on the top of the car, which trap-doors are raised when hay is to be filled into the racks B. When the animals are to be.watered, the troughs M are swung up into the position shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 3 by pulling down the handle ends of the levers P. WVhen the troughs are raised, as shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 3, and the water is of sufficient height, it can flow from one trough compartment into the others of the same section-that is, it can flow from that compartment into which it is conducted by the pipes S into the other compartments. The water has the same depth in all the tanks G of the train, as the said tanks are connected by the pipes H and hose K. The hay-racks swing up automatically when empty, and are thus out of the way of the animals. The animals can thus be watered and fed from the roof of the car, and the attendants need not enter the car, and are thus in no danger of being injured by the animals.

The cars are built in the ordinary manner,

and old cars can easily be converted into our improved stock-cars.

The cars may be provided with removable or folding stalls.

A special advantage of our improved cars is that the animals need not be unloaded for feeding or watering them.

The car-roof is surrounded by a railing, W, for the purpose of preventing bundles of hay from rolling off.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A st0ck-car having a water-tank at one or both ends and tubes extending from one 01' both tanks the length of the ear, and of flexible tubes for connecting the tanks of several cars, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A car having hay-racks hinged at their bottom edges to the inner surface of the sides of the car, and of weights, chains, and pulleys for automatically swinging the racks against the sides of the car, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a stock-car, of hayracks hinged to the inner surface of the cars at their bottom edges, and of devices for automatically swinging the racks against the sides of the car, substantially as herein shown and d scribed.

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